Security Seminars & Events - Chameleon Associates

May 12 - 13 2010

Wichita, Kansas 67209

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The Predictive Profiling and Security Questioning Seminar was delivered to thousands of security, law enforcement, military and intelligence professionals all over the world. This course aims to change mindsets and addresses security from the adversary point of view. This course is for anyone tasked with preventing terrorists and criminal threats.

Predictive Profiling focuses on categorizing criminals and terrorists into behavioral profiles as opposed to racial, religious or ethnic profiles. The use of “mules”, the falsification of identities and the variety of international and domestic criminal and terrorist groups in operation, have rendered racial profiling an inefficient method for threat mitigation. Chameleon’s proprietary methodology provides the complete operational profile for a criminal or terrorist scenario, from the planning of the attack to the execution, focusing on what criminals and terrorists do, and not who they are.

Wichita Mid-Continent Airport

Room Reservations: Gov't rates available in hotels near the airport
General Information: +1-888-343-4100

Course Overview

This unique and important seminar teaches Security, Law Enforcement, Military and Intelligence professionals how to enhance security programs by proactively identifying criminal or terrorist operations in the planning, surveillance, and rehearsal stages. As a result, attendees will learn how to cost-effectively design and implement better threat mitigation processes and procedures.

The Chameleon Associates consultants and security engineers developed processes, methods and tools that once applied in a security system provide the ultimate deterrence effect and threat mitigation result. This Seminar will lay out these methods and will provide the attendees with the following cost saving solutions:

Significantly reduce the amount of people deployed in security
Significantly reduce the potential for terrorist or criminal activity
Significantly reduce operational deficiencies by focusing on threat vs. risk
Significantly enhance the capabilities of your security technology
Significantly enhance the security image of the organization

This course is a one-of-a-kind educational experience aimed at teaching the art behind the science of Predictive Profiling. We would be happy to see you at our seminar and enjoy what thousands of security and law enforcement professionals around the world have already experienced.

Course Schedule

Day 1

09:00 - 09:10	Introduction to the Seminar
09:10 - 10:30	The Nature of the Terrorist Threat -Audience will learn of the guiding principles for planning and executing a terrorist attack.
10:30 - 10:40	Break
10:40 - 11:30	Means of Aggression - Audience will learn about bomb configurations as well as concealment methods of means of aggression.
11:30 – 12:30	Adversary’s Workshop - Audience will develop terrorist methods of operations through a red teaming table top exercise. Groups will present the terrorist methods of operations that they developed as a group. This exercise will be used to predict plausible terrorist methods of operations and subsequent suspicion indicators.
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 -15:00	Suicide Bombers - Methods of operations and the mitigation procedures used to thwart and prevent suicide terrorism
15:00 – 15:10	Afternoon break
15:10 – 17:00	Predictive Profiling - Audience will learn about the Predictive Profiling methodology and how to utilize it in threat assessments of people, objects and situations.

Day 2

09:00 - 09:10	Recap
9:10 -10:00	Predictive Profiling (Continued)
10:00 – 11:00	Principles of Security System Testing& The Cyclical Security Engineering Process - Audience will learn how to plan and implement Security System Testing drills and the effectiveness of a test for keeping the security system threat oriented. Audience will learn how to engineer predictive profiling into security operations in an effective manner.
11:00 – 11:10	Midday Break
11:10 - 11:30	Psychology of Threat Assessment and Decision Making – This module covers the psychological elements that influence decision making for both the adversary and the questioning officer.
11:30 – 12:30	Principles of Questioning – This module general questioning techniques and the differences between law enforcement approaches, intelligence driven questioning, security questioning and interrogation.
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Security Questioning – This module discusses the methods for effective security questioning and some of the suspicion indicators associated with individuals being questioned.
15:00 - 15:15	Afternoon break
15:15 – 16:00	Workshop - Audience will simulate security questioning in the following environments: access control, open environment and questioning associated with assessing surveillance indicators.
16:00 – 16:45	Questioning and Technology - Audience will learn how to integrate questioning into a screening process that uses technology. Questioning is necessary to refute suspicion or threat that was identified using technology
16:45 – 17:00	Q & A – Conclusion & Handing Out Certificates

The Presenters

The Chameleon trainers have a rich background in the application and design of security technology for threat mitigation. Chameleon trainers possess detailed knowledge in developing policies and procedures for security.

Chameleon presenters will use case studies and exercises to demonstrate real life applications of Predictive Profiling and Security Questioning. The seminar will be delivered using a Power Point slide presentation. The Presentation is designed to deliver the program's content in a clear and organized fashion.

Amotz Brandes – Managing Partner / Chameleon Associates

Mr. Brandes is a veteran of an Israeli Defense Forces Special Reconnaissance and Intelligence Unit. He began his career as a Security Agent for El-Al Israeli Airlines in Los Angeles. Since joining Chameleon Associates he formed the Consulting Division and developed training programs in “Red Teaming”, “Predictive Profiling” and “Security Engineering”. Mr. Brandes has an extensive project management and business development experience from international and federal projects. He was the project manager for many security audits and red teaming exercises around the world at mass transit hubs, government facilities, museums, malls and airports to name a few. He is the Author of the “Terrorist Threat Mitigation Reference Guide” and a lecturer and presenter in corporate and government settings, worldwide. Mr. Brandes has a B.A Degree in International Development Studies from UCLA. He is the Chair of the Homeland Security Committee of the California Israel Chamber of commerce.

References

This seminar was delivered to hundreds of law enforcement, security, military, corporate and non-profit organizations worldwide. Here are some comments by our seminar participants:

“The real world experience and non-fiction examples of the application of their methodology were superb. They need to be briefing upper levels of the US Government.”

“I found the information that was presented in the seminar to be both relevant and useful. The concepts were both new and exciting, and were in complete contrast to the many seminars that I have attended which put out the same old information that we have been hearing for many years. The Chameleon speakers are not only dynamic and interesting, but include many who have had real life experiences with the subject being taught. One comes away from a Chameleon seminar with a real, usable grasp of the subject and a feeling of time and money well spent.”

“The Predictive Profiling & Terrorist Threat Mitigation Seminar is one of the most organized and well presented seminars I have attended in twenty five years of law enforcement. This well presented and thought provoking method surprises me that more governmental and civilian organization do not attend and place these measures in process. The civil liability requires us to perform all the techniques available to us to protect the public. As law enforcement takes on more of the "homeland security" role, combined with budget and staff limitations, this educational opportunity offers to be a financial must. This is a protection of our most valued asset, the public we defend.”

“This seminar is a must for security executives. It pulls you out of your element and makes you think about security and protection in a whole new way...one that applies to any protected environment you are trying to secure. I highly recommend it.”

“The ‘Predictive Profiling’ process does not depend on (classified) intelligence to work; intelligence can complement ‘Predictive Profiling’ but is not at all necessary. In fact, ‘Predictive Profiling’ tends to produce intelligence…”

“A big hooray for your two day seminar, “Predictive Profiling and Terrorist Threat Mitigation!” Your organization is certainly a major benefit to not only the interested industries, but also everyone in the United States…”

Air Line Pilot Association Magazine – Nov/Dec 07 Issue -“To stop a terrorist, you need to think like a terrorist - which is precisely what the unsuspecting participants of this year’s annual Aviation Security Forum, or AvSec 2007, of ALPA’s National Security Committee (NSC), were suddenly asked to do. During one of the many briefings, discussions, and group activities of this 4-day, August event, Amotz Brandes, consultant and former security agent for El Al Airlines assigned to Los Angeles, walked AvSec participants through the eight stages necessary to plan a terrorist attack—marking, intelligence gathering, surveillance, planning, tooling up, training and rehearsal, execution, and getaway. Brandes pointed out the kinds of vulnerabilities these criminals look for during this process, adding that ‘typical attacks take one to five years to execute’. Brandes then turned the tables on the audience, dividing them into four groups and providing them with different scenarios. He then asked each group to plot an attack. This riveting exercise and the ensuing discussion revealed the many challenges that plotters would confront while planning an attack on the air transportation system. AvSec 2007 attendees walked away with a new-found appreciation for the available information about terrorism and the many over-lapping layers of airline security that protect our airplanes, airports, and most of all, flight crews and the traveling public.”

The Presentation

Chameleon offers the only curricula in the market today that provides a systematic approach for Detection of Suspicion, Determination of Threat and Deployment of subsequent procedures. Predictive Profiling is a different approach that starts from the point of view of the aggressor and is based on actual aggressors methods of operation. We believe that Profiling behaviors and situations should be the foundation for every security procedure. Chameleon's Predictive Profiling methods are applicable to virtually any environment and set of security requirements. If you have special needs, the course can be built for your specific environment and resources.

Who Should Attend?

Security Directors & Law Enforcement - applying and designing proactive threat oriented policies for terrorist and criminal threat mitigation.
Homeland Security & Defense Officials - definng security requierments based on adversary's methods of operations
Security Systems Engineers - building and integrating a comprehensive threat mitigation framework.
Security Systems Integrators - design of a threat oriented security system based on the Cyclical Security Engineering Process.

Some of the organizations that have attended this seminar include: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Justice (COPS Office), Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC), Amtrak Police Department, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), AntiCrime International (Australia), The Institute for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University, Boeing , State of Alaska Department of Homeland Security, Canadian Air Transit Security Administration (CATSA) and more...

Take Home Material

The Terrorist Threat Mitigation Guide CD - The Guide is a reference book designed to help security professionals to better map their protected environments and security threats. The guide describes key terminologies and definitions of threat and provides successful formulas for threat mitigation ($40 Value).

Presentation - Seminar attendees will receive a hard copy of the seminars multimedia presentation

Hotel and Accommodations

Wichita Mid-Continent Airport
2299 Airport Road (Main Terminal- Second Floor)
Wichita, Kansas 67209
Room Reservations: Gov't rates available in hotels near the airport
General Information: +1-888-343-4100
Hotel rates per night is $ (special rates for the nights of N/A.)
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